TNAG-0777-FCO40-981-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 170

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1. FROM MY TELNO.124 (NOT TO PORT MORESBY) YOU WILL KNOW THAT CPA PLAN TO OPERATE A TWICE-WEEKLY B707 SERVICE HKG/POM/AKL V.V FROM OCTOBER 1978 SUBJECT TO THE TRAFFIC RIGHTS BECOMING AVAILABLE. TALKS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED WITH THE NEW ZEALAND AUTHORITIES WHICH, HOPEFULLY, WILL SECURE ONE END OF THE RIGHTS REQUIRED AND THIS LEAVES THE QUESTION OF PNG RIGHTS TO BE CONSIDERED

2. WE NOTE THAT IN HIS REPORT OF HIS VISIT TO PORT MORESBY IN DECEMBER 1977, BCARFE SUGGESTED TO. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER THATWE SHOULD KEEP UP GENTLE PRESSURE ON THE FNG TO SUGGEST A DATE FOR THE NEXT MEETING. WE SHOULD BE GLAD TO LEARN OF ANY DEVELOPMENTS FROM PORT MORESBY IN THIS REGARD. SUBJECT TO A SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT IN WELLINGTON AT THE TALKS IN MID-FEBRUARY, WE WOULD BE ANXIOUS TO SET IN TRAIN EARLY TALKS WITH PNG TO PROVIDE FOR

THE RIGHTS CPA REQUIRE.

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